Japanese original: https://wirelesswire.jp/2017/12/62658/ -- Edit: Apparently it... | Hacker News

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		gone35 on Dec 21, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nvidia’s New Policy Limits GeForce Data Center Usa... Japanese original: https://wirelesswire.jp/2017/12/62658/ -- Edit: Apparently it's just that GeForce cards have(/had?) no warranty for use in "data centers" --but academic use is not precluded in of itself: https://twitter.com/NVIDIAAIJP/status/943141204744585222 https://wirelesswire.jp/2017/12/62667/ Still, the line is somewhat unclear, I wonder how many university/academic cluster admins are aware of the fact..

Dylan16807 on Dec 22, 2017 [–]

Datacenter conditions for GPU clocks/power/air tend to be gentler than desktop conditions, so the warranty just disappearing is far from justified.

Edit: Ha, ridiculously unjustified if bitcoin mining is still covered.

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